Highlights from 2024 On the Table Litter Discussion: KCB will use these ideas to further our litter prevention outreach and enhance our ongoing programming for 2024 and beyond. Keep Carroll Beautiful is the certified Keep America Beautiful affiliate serving Carroll County, Georgia. Through education, litter programs, beautification efforts, and recycling events, our organization is working […]
2023 4th of July Tips!
2023 Spring E-Recycling Recap
Let’s Optimize Recycling!
Hey Carroll County Community! Did you know that bagging your recyclables in plastic can create complications during the recycling process? When we bag recyclables, they often get mixed with regular trash or cause issues at recycling facilities. Sometimes just one bag in the collection bin can send the entire load to a landfill! Scroll down […]
Cardboard Recycling!
Did you know you can recycle CARDBOARD at each of the Carroll County Convenience Centers? Let’s give cardboard a new life! Boxes must be broken down and flattened. No bags, air pockets, or packing peanuts, please! It’s ok to leave packing tape on. Pizza boxes are welcome! No need to tear off that greasy part […]
KCB hosted its first On the Table...
On the Table 2023 Recap: KCB staff and board welcomed representatives of the Carroll County Solid Waste Department, Carrollton Civic Woman’s Club, and Carrollton businesses. Together, we discussed educating the public on their recycling options, sharing the information in an easy-to-digest way, and reaching out to the younger audience. We produced a FIVE-POINT education outreach […]
Giving Tuesday 2022!
On November 29, 2022, people all around the world are coming together to tap into the power of human connection. Will you be one of them? Keep Carroll Beautiful appreciates your generosity on Giving Tuesday and any other day of the year! Learn how to get involved. […]
KCB’s New Office Location
Keep Carroll Beautiful spent over a decade at our last location on Dixie Street as guests of Tanner Health System. This gave us the freedom to build our organization and focus on the mission to engage the citizens of Carroll County in taking responsibility for improving our community’s environment. Now, with the plans for that building changing, we had an opportunity to find something permanent [,…]
2020 Carroll EMC Grant Report
Keep Carroll Beautiful and our Household Recycling Program was among the proud recipients of the Carroll EMC Foundation 2020 Impact Grants. The much-needed funding helped us send thousands of pounds of collected household hazardous materials to the proper recycling facilities. We were able to ship off 95% of the materials collected between 2018 and 2020, […]
2020 E-Recycling Results
KCB’s Electronics Recycling (or E-Recycling) is an amnesty event held twice a year and open to all residents of Carroll County (check our Facebook Events Page for future events). During the event, participants drop off old, broken, and/or unusable electronics in a designated location, and KCB ships them off to Atlanta Recycling Solutions – a […]
GGCU 2020 Report
The Great GreenBelt Cleanup 2020 is in the books! Over 170 volunteers joined Keep Carroll Beautiful to remove litter and debris, clean signs, and perform simple tasks on the Carrollton GreenBelt trail. Beautiful weather, happy faces, hard workers… we could not have asked for a better day on the trail! Families, friends, puppies, singles, small groups, big […]
New rules for Carrollton yard deb...
FROM CITY OF CARROLLTON: In accordance with state Environmental Protection Division standards, the City of Carrollton has instituted a new yard debris collection policy designed to improve stream health and prevent damage to our stormwater system. Coming into effect o. Effective September 1, grass, leaves, clippings, and yard debris must be bagged in paper bags (no plastic) and […]